Wire-fence stay



(No Model.) v

A. P. DIGKEY.

- WIRE FBNUE STAY.

'INo." 5s0',069. Patented Nov. 27', 1894.

iawmm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON F. DIOKEY, OF FRIEDENS, PENNSYLVANIA.

" WIRE-FENCE. STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,069, dated November 27, 1 894. Application filedll'uly 13,1394=- Serial No. 517,461. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON F. DIOKEY, of

Friedens, in the'county of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and iseful Improvements in-Wire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in wire fences and the object of the same is to provide an improved stay to form a vertical support for the wire strands between the main supporting post; and the invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fence panel provided with my improved stay. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of a section of the same. Fig. 3 is asimilar view showing a slight modification in the form of stay.

A are the main supporting posts and B the fence wire strands secured thereto in the usual manner. For supporting the strands vertically between the post.- 3 I provide a chain of stays 0, each link or section thereof being formed of a single piece of wire having its upper end formed into a loop D while its lower doubled endis turned upward at E and downward as shown at F in close proximity to the inner side of the loop thus forming what I term a snap hook eye. In practice the sections or links are joined together the upper or loop end of each section being snapped into the eye at the lower end of the link by being slipped down past the inturned end of the section as will be readily understood and then the fence wires or strands are sprung into the eye in the same manner and there held from'retraction or removal.

upper strand is secured the hook or support Upon the H which is securely wiredthereto and provided with the upwardly extended guards or sights I as shown. Hook H is of the same form as the snap hook eye at the lower end of each link, the guard I being an integral part thereof instead of loop D as in the supporting link. Said hook H is secured by wire m wrapped about the upper fence strand as shown. It is apparent that any number of chains or stays may be provided between the posts that may be desired.

In Fig. 3 I show a constructionin which each stay is formed of a non-doubled link in which case the upper end of each link or section is turned into an eye K while the lower end is turned upward and inward to form the snap hook L as clearly shown and when this form of stay is used the operation of coupling the stays together and also of inserting the fence strands therein is exactly the same as described of the preferred construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.-

A stay formedeas here shown and described is very simple and effectual in holding the strands in the desired position and owing to its peculiar construction the same is attached and securely held automatically in position from which it cannot be accidentally removed or in any manner displaced.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

In a stay the combination of a series of links arranged in chain fashion, the links being coupled together or connected by means of snap hook eyes-one on each link, said eyes being also adapted to embrace the fence strands, substantially ,as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

AARON F. DIOKEY.

WVitnesses:

H. P. F. BARRON, N. H. SANNER. 

